I'm not sure if this a Win7 issue or browser specific (Opera and Firefox were open at the time), but earlier today on my laptop the screen suddenly went slightly dark as if a lightbox was coming up, and there was what looked like full screen crosshairs. They followed the mouse, and I couldn't close any windows, alt+tab to other windows, bring up my auto-hide taskbar...nothing! I clicked and poked and prodded until finally a little dialog thing popped up with three icons, one of which was an x. So I clicked it, and everything went back to normal.
A quick Google told me that this was apparently a "full screen cursor"? But the only thing I could find that triggers it is a small app that needs to be installed, and I've never done that. I recently reinstalled 7 on a new HDD, so it's nothing old from my past.
But is there a Windows hotkey combo that I might've hit by mistake to make this happen?
A quick Google told me that this was apparently a "full screen cursor"? But the only thing I could find that triggers it is a small app that needs to be installed, and I've never done that. I recently reinstalled 7 on a new HDD, so it's nothing old from my past.
But is there a Windows hotkey combo that I might've hit by mistake to make this happen?
My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Inspiron 1750
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
- CPU
- Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 0F642T
- Memory
- 3.00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- (1) Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (2) Mo
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor - 17.1"
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- (1) WDC WD10JPVT-55A1YT0 (2) SAMSUNG HD204UI USB Device
- Mouse
- IntelliPoint (Microsoft) USB Wireless Mouse 4000
- Antivirus
- Outpost Security Suite Pro
- Browser
- Firefox, Chrome, Seamonkey, Opera, Internet Explorer
